A little progress on my Celebrity Portrait.
October 26, 2010
Blogging the small ones.
Today Robert Genn's newsletter gave a couple reasons it might be detrimental to our art careers to sell small inexpensive paintings on our blog. Hmmmm I can see a problem may arise with gallery owners who want to keep your price point high but the issue of having enough passion, I have doubts about. I have passion when it comes to my small paintings. I love the feeling of accomplishment and the fact that my art is priced so that almost anyone can own a piece if they want to. Maybe my opinion has more to do with the fact that my art isn't to the quality where it brings in the BIG dollars yet. This blog gives me so much pleasure and being able to post paintings more often because some of them are small is reason enough for me to continue. I really hope my fellow bloggers who paint small fire sale paintings continue to post them to their blog so we can continue to appreciate your passion for painting.
A little progress on my Celebrity Portrait.
A little progress on my Celebrity Portrait.
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Looking good! Like your colors. The whole pricing issue can get confusing, but on the Artists Helping Artists radio show, which you should check out if you haven't--they address this issue. You really have to figure out what your market is and what you want it to be in the future. Then make the decision about your price point. Keep on painting your small gems:)
ReplyDeleteI think your portrait is really looking great! I like her smile. :) Oh boy do I get a headache whenever I think about all the right or wrong ways to sell your art! I think you just have to be true to yourself and paint what you love, and if that means smaller pieces at a lower price then I say do it!
ReplyDeletethis is really coming along fabulously! i love it when you post photos of your studio! also i think that there are too many fabulous painters displaying too many fabulous works where we come to know their endearing personalities for anyone to stop them now!
ReplyDeletesmall paintings are wonderful, may be it is more difficult to be perfect, may be it is cheaper, may be it is possible to do more...
ReplyDeleteThe portrait is coming on great Heather and I so agree with you about the small paintings. Thank you again .
ReplyDeleteI like your philosophy regarding small paintings. I wish I enjoyed working small! Haven't figured out how to post artwork for sale on my blog yet, anyway. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHah! I disagreed with Robert Genn on what he said, too. Post away, girl!
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